War Games: The Story of Sport in World War Two (1989) By Tony McCarthy
 
The story of sport in World War Two. 'All sport brought to a halt' ran the headlines on 4 September 1939. But sport did go on - and remained crucial to the war effort in terms of social structure and leisure time on the Home Front and overseas. Undeterred by the cancellation of two sets of Olympics, the abandonment of Test Series and the curtailment of regular soccer and rugger Internationals, die-hard sports fanatics could not be persuaded to hang their boots and lie down quietly.
 
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
256 Pages
In Good condition